LINGUIST List 7.1753

Tue Dec 10 1996

Calls: Celtic Language Learning, Semiotics & Communication

Editor for this issue: Ljuba Veselinova <ljubalinguistlist.org>

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3rd Celtic Language Learning Conference
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
May 31, 1997
2nd CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline: December 20, 1996
This conference is being organized by the North American
Association for Celtic Language Teachers (NAACLT). Proposals for
individual papers are welcome on the following topics involving
any one or more of the modern Celtic languages:
computer-assisted instruction
dialect choice in language learning
language acquisition
language and gender
language-learning materials
language policy and planning
language testing and teacher certification
syllabus design
Papers will be 20 minutes long with a 10-minute discussion period
following. Send three double-spaced printed copies of a 300-word
proposal with name, address, voice and fax number, e-mail
address, and institutional affiliation on the first copy. Second
and third copy should have no identification. Also send one copy
of a 50-word summary to be included in the conference program and
book of abstracts. Submit these in printed form as well as the
computer texts by e-mail. Texts will be accepted on disk for
those without e-mail access. If submitted on disk, be sure to
indicate DOS or Macintosh and the word-processing program used.
Send proposals and abstracts to:
Dr. Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew
NAACLT97
Penn Language Center
401 Lauder-Fischer Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6330
U.S.A.
e-mail: jladrewchesco.com
or: rblynsas.upenn.edu
All other inquiries to:
Dr. Kenneth Nilsen
Celtic Studies
NAACLT97
St. Francis Xavier University
Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5
CANADA
e-mail: knilsenjuliet.stfx.ca
This conference will follow the Celtic Language Teachers
Professional Development Day on May 30, also to be held at
St. Francis Xavier. A pre-conference field trip and
post-conference one-day Scottish Gaelic immersion course are also
being planned.